We need a bridge

Our unit of inquiry is around this idea:

Communities create transportation systems to meet their changing needs.

 To explore the idea of a response to a need, we looked at a situation where three goats had run out of good grass, could see good grass on the other side of the river, but couldn't get to it.

Lots of people immediately thought of bridges. So, using whatever we liked, we made some.

 

We told the story of the Three Billygoats Gruff too, with help from Matteo. And in Friday Free Flow Kai and Matteo drew an illustration.

Wheels Day

Thank you everyone for sending in wheels with your child on Monday. Despite the bad weather we were able to get out and use them.

We started off, creating a network of roads, signs, traffic lights, petrol stations and car parks:

 Then we got our bikes and scooters and skates.

See an album of photos here.

We also drew a bike, trying to draw exactly what we saw. (Drawing things as we see them is something we will do regularly through the year!)

It's not easy to draw a bike, but we can see that everyone did some careful looking. See an album of our sketches here.

Transport Trip to Toulouse

On Tuesday we headed up to Toulouse to experience first hand a variety of transport networks. The children really made the most of the day.

 

See the album of photos from the day.

We took some time to look at some of the bridges over the Garonne, and drew sketches of them.

a bridge that's not there any more

See the album of our bridge sketches.